• About
  • Writers
  • Video Essays
  • Movie Reviews
  • Movie Lists
  • Essays
  • Call for Contributors

Cinetactic

Tag Archives: Buybust

Buybust: A Middle-class Study

04 Saturday Aug 2018

Posted by cinetactic in Movie Reviews

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

Buybust, cinemalaya, Duterte, erik matti, philippine cinema, politics

By Heinrich Domingo

And when the innocents were killed, the audience erupts in cheers.

It is Cinemalaya’s opening night. I joined hundreds of cinema enthusiasts while enduring the Friday traffic of Manila to watch this year’s opening film. Buybust tells the story of a drug raid in an urban jungle in Tondo. It follows an operation of a team of PDEA, the country’s topmost police agency specifically made to counter the drug trade. In a time when the war on drugs is the President’s main platform, Erik Matti’s choice of narrative is poignant and bold.

buybust Continue reading →

Recent Posts

  • BL Series at ang Gay Narrative sa Pilipinas
  • Quing Lalam Ning Aldo: On Food and Coming Home
  • The Slums: On Meta and Exploitation
  • Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss: On Comedy and Workers’ Rights
  • Fatigued: On Nightmares and Simulations
  • Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos: On Grief and Trauma
  • Tokwifi (2019): On Boxes and Stereotypes
  • Living Things (2020): On Changes and Relationships
  • Aswang (2019) Review: Mito at Kababalaghan
  • Untrue (2019): Ending Explained
  • Poverty Porn at ang ‘Pamilya Ordinaryo’
  • Regional Cinema in Patay na si Hesus
  • Patintero Review: Lessons from Children’s Cinema
  • Bliss and the Helpless Woman: Criticism on Psycho-Thriller Films
  • Character Development in Four Sisters and a Wedding
  • What makes a good film poster?
  • Why is Eerie overrated?
  • Will the Real Igorots Please Stand Up!
  • Jowable and the Nature of Feature-Length Films
  • Hello, Love, Goodbye and the Philippine Popular Cinema

Like us on Facebook

Like us on Facebook

Andrea’s Paper Beads

Andrea’s Paper Beads

Thinking of visiting Sta. Ana, Cagayan?

Thinking of visiting Sta. Ana, Cagayan?
Follow Cinetactic on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 877 other subscribers
Follow Cinetactic on WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • Cinetactic
    • Join 683 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Cinetactic
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...